Rita Santos
Rita Santos
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway University of London
Egham, Surrey
TW20 0EX
Telephone: 07726732798
E-Mail: r.santos@rhul.ac.uk
Personal
Date of Birth: 6th November 1974
Nationality: Portuguese
Address: 18a St Judes Road, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0BY, UK
Qualifications and Training
2002-2007 Doctor of Philosophy, University of London; Research: The effects of
anxiety on cognitive performance. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Eysenck.
1999-2001 Masters degree in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy. Universidade Lusófona
de Humanidades e Tecnologias (ULHT), Lisbon. Maximum Grade. Thesis:
Vulnerability factors for anxiety disorders.
1993-1998 Degree in Clinical Psychology, ULHT, Lisbon. Final grade average of 15
(Range: 0 – 20). Final project was the validation of a questionnaire for
Portuguese populations.
1995-1999 Internship at the Behavioural Psychotherapy Department of the Psychiatric
Hospital Júlio de Matos (HJM).
1995-1998 Training Program in Behavioural Therapy. Behavioural Psychotherapy
Department of the HJM.
1994
Training Program in Health Psychology, Portuguese Institute of Applied
Psychology.
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Employment History
2007-2008 Postdoctoral position at RHUL, supervised by Dr. Tamar Pincus.
2007-2008 Teaching associate position at RHUL, Department of Psychology, lecturing
on the SPSS course, giving tutorials and marking.
2003-2008 1st and 3rd year lectures at RHUL on Abnormal Psychology and Adult
Problems respectively.
2002-2008 Research assistant for Tamar Pincus at RHUL.
1998-2002 Assistant teacher for Psychometrics on the Clinical Psychology degree at
ULHT.
1998-2002 Final-year project supervisor on the Clinical Psychology degree at ULHT.
2000-2002 Final-year project supervisor on the Criminal Psychology degree at ULHT.
1998-2002 Private Practice in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
1998-2002 Psychotherapist at the Students Counselling Centre, ULHT.
Publications
In prep
Santos, R., Wall, M. B., Pincus, T. Preparation for inaction: Fear avoidance
and fMRI.
Submitted Santos, R., Wall, M.B., Eysenck, M. State anxiety, task switching, and
attentional control: Effects on performance and efficiency. Cognition and
Emotion.
Submitted Santos, R., Eysenck, M. Anxiety, attentional control, and task switching.
Psychology and Individual Differences.
Submitted Santos, R., Eysenck, M. State anxiety, attentional control, and speed of
target detection. Cognition and Emotion.
In press
Pincus, T., Rusu, A., Santos, R. Responsiveness and construct validity of
the Depression, Anxiety and Positive Outlook Scale (DAPOS). Clinical
Journal of Pain.
2008
Pincus, T., Santos, R., Breen, A., Burton, A.K., & Underwood, M. A review
and proposal for a core set of factors for prospective cohorts in low back
pain: A consensus statement. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 59,14-24..
2007
Pincus, T., Santos, R., Morley, S. Depressed cognitions in chronic pain
patients are focused on health: Evidence from a sentence completion task.
Pain, 13, 84-92.
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2007
Eysenck M. W., Derakshan N., Santos R., & Calvo M. Anxiety and
cognitive performance: Attentional control theory. Emotion, 7(2), 336-353.
2007
Pincus T., Foster N., Vogel S., Santos R., Breen A., & Underwood M.
Attitudes to back pain amongst musculoskeletal practitioners: A comparison
of professional groups and practice settings using the ABS-mp. Manual
Therapy, 12, 167-175.
2006
Pincus T., Vogel S., Burton A. K., Santos R., & Field A. P. Fear-avoidance
and prognosis in back pain: A systematic review and synthesis of current
evidence. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 54(12), 3999-4010.
2006
Pincus T., Vogel S., Santos R., Breen A., Foster N., & Underwood M. The
Attitudes to Back Pain Scale in musculoskeletal practitioners (ABS - mp);
The development and testing of a new questionnaire. The Clinical Journal
of Pain, 22(4), 378-386.
2006
Eysenck M. W., Payne S. & Santos R. Anxiety and depression: past,
present, and future events. Cognition and Emotion, 20(2), 274-294.
2000
Baptista, A., Pereira, A., Carvalho, M., Lory, F. & Santos, R. Aprender a
lidar com as dificuldades emocionais (Learning how to cope with emotional
problems). O Centro de Aconselhamento para Estudantes. Revista de
Humanidades e Tecnologias, Dossier de Psicologia, 4/5, 227-237.
Prizes
2000
Baptista, A:, Carvalho, M., Santos, R. Espadinha, A. & Moura, M. A
avaliação da Auto-Eficácia para lidar com a doença oncológica: O cancer
behavior inventory (Self-efficacy in coping with cancer: The cancer
behaviour inventory) - I Congresso Português de Psico-oncologia. Prize for
best poster.
Memberships
1998 – 2008 Member of the Portuguese Society of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewing
European Journal of Pain
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Grants and Awards
2007
Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by the Social European Fund and the
Foundation for Science and Technology.
2006-2007 BackCare, The charity for Healthier Backs, Brain Imaging people with low
back pain: movement and fear of pain, £7905. Pincus, Santos, Wall and
Vogel.
2002-2006 PhD Funded by the Social European Fund and Foundation for Science and
Technology.
Talks at International Conferences
2006
‘Measuring systems in back pain’, Workshop in the VIII Forum on low back
pain, Amsterdam.
2005 Clinicians’
cognition
about treating back pain, Workshop in The World
Congress of Pain, Sydney.
2004
‘MMICS’: Plenary Session, the society for Back Pain Research Annual
Meeting, Leicester.
2004
‘MMICS’: Presentation at the VII Forum of Research in back pain in
Primary Care, Edmonton, Canada.
2001
“Academic Demands, Coping Processes and Test Anxiety”, The 22nd STAR
International Conference. Balearic Islands University.
2001
“Stress Dimensions in University Students”, The 22nd STAR International
Conference. Balearic Islands University.
2001
“Sexual Fantasies and Daydreaming in young adults”, 15th World Congress
of Sexology. World Association for Sexology.
2001
“Sex Fantasies and Sex Roles”, 15th World Congress of Sexology. World
Association for Sexology.
2000
“La evaluación de la sensibilidad de la ansiedad. El perfil de la sensibilidad
à la ansiedad y el Índice de la sensibilidad à la ansiedad revisado”, (Anxiety
sensitivity assessment. The Anxiety sensitivity profile and the Anxiety
sensitivity index-revised). II Congreso de la Sociedad Española para el
estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
1999
“As Diferenças entre os Sexos no Perfil Sintomatológico e Psicológico na
Perturbação de Pânico” (Gender differences on the panic disorder
psychological profile).
Associação Portuguesa de Terapia do
Comportamento (Portuguese Society of Behavioural Therapy).
1998
“Relações de Vínculo e Amor Romântico” (Romantic love and
Attachment), IV Congress of European Federation of Sexology: A sexologia
no virar do milénio. Associação Portuguesa de Sexologia Clínica.
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Posters presented at Scientific Meetings
2007
Depressed cognitions in chronic pain patients are focused on health:
Evidence from a sentence completion task. British Pain Society Annual
Conference, Glasgow.
2007
A proposal for a minimal comprehensive list f factors for prospective
cohorts in back pain: The MMICS statement. British Pain Society Annual
Conference, Glasgow.
2000
Santos, R. & Baptista A. (2000). Amor Romântico em Adultos: Escala
Triangular do Amor Revista (Romantic Love: The Triangular Love Scale-
Revised) – I Simpósio Lusófono de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo.
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Santos, R. & Baptista, A. (2000). Amor Romântico em Jovens Adultos:
Escala de Atitudes face ao Amor (Romantic Love: Romantic Love Attitude
Scale) – I Simpósio Lusófono de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo.
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Amor Apaixonado em Adultos: Escala de Amor
Apaixonado (Passionate Love: The passionate Love scale) – I Simpósio
Lusófono de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo. Universidade
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Sérvulo, S., Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Estudo Compreensivo do Amor
Romântico (Comprehensive Study of Romantic Love) – I Simpósio
Lusófono de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo. Universidade
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Correia, P., Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Atitudes face à Sexualidade e Amor
Romântico em Homossexuais e Heterossexuais (Sexual and Romantic
Attitudes in Homo and Heterossexuals) – I Simpósio Lusófono de
Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo. Universidade Lusófona de
Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Loureiro, P., Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Estudo Desenvolvimental do Amor
Apaixonado (Developmental study of Romantic Love) – I Simpósio
Lusófono de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo. Universidade
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.
2000
Vilar, B., Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Factores relacionados com as Atitudes
face à Sexualidade: Orientação Conservadora vs Liberal (Sexual Attitudes
related factors: Liberal vs conservative orientations) – I Simpósio Lusófono
de Sexologia: O que há para além do sexo. Universidade Lusófona de
Humanidades e Tecnologias.
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2000
Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Avaliação do Temperamento em Adultos.
Questionário de auto-avaliação Retrospectiva da Inibição (Temperament on
Adults: Self-retrospective evaluation of Inhibition) - 1ª Escola de
Primavera: 10as Jornadas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapias
Comportamentais e Cognitivas. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e
Tecnologias, Univerdidad Complutense de Madrid.
2000
Baptista, A:, Carvalho, M., Santos, R. Espadinha, A. & Moura, M. A
avaliação da Auto-Eficácia para lidar com a doença oncológica: O cancer
behavior inventory (Self-efficacy in coping with cancer: The cancer
behavior inventory) - I Congresso Português de Psico-oncologia.
2000
Baptista, A:, Rosa, J., Carvalho, M., Brites, J., Espadinha, A., Santos, R. &
Moura, M. A Avaliação da Expressividade Emocional em Doentes
Oncológicos: O Lifestyle Defense Mechanisms Inventory - I Congresso
Português de Psico-oncologia.
2000
Baptista, A:, Rosa, J., Carvalho, M., Brites, J., Espadinha, A., Santos, R. &
Moura, M. Factores Psicológicos relacionados com o Ajustamento
Emocional na Doença Oncológica (Psychological factors related with
emotional adjustment under cancer conditions) - I Congresso Português de
Psico-oncologia.
1998
Santos, R. & Baptista, A. Avaliação das Relações de Vínculo na Idade
Adulta (Attachment Assessment in Adulthood) – IV Conferencia
Internacional de Evaluación Psicológica: Formas y Contextos. Universidad
de Salamanca.
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